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Macro, the Mightiest: Why India’s biggest macro variable still falls from the skyThe 2026 monsoon comes with a clear warning: Rainfall is forecast at 92% of the long-period average, with higher-than-usual probability of ...- India’s urban unemployment rate eases to 6.6% in Jan-March quarter, rural joblessness rises to 4.3%India's urban joblessness saw a slight dip to 6.6 percent in the first quarter of 2026. Rural unemployment, however, increased to 4.3 perce...
- Explained: What is the new VB-G RAM G Act and how will it replace MGNREGA?A new rural employment law, VB-G RAM G Act, will replace MGNREGA on July 1. It guarantees 125 days of work annually, focusing on infrastruc...
- Six yrs later, migrant workers still trapped in a cycle of exploitationMigrant workers are again facing hardship. Protests erupt over low wages and poor conditions. Government policies lag behind rising costs. ...
- Congress highlights recommendations of Parliament panel calling for MGNREGS wage revisionThe Congress has highlighted the recommendations from the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development. Key suggestions include re...
- Budget must increase MGNREGA wages: CongressThe Congress has demanded the Union Budget increase MGNREGA wages to Rs 400 per day and to abandon mandatory Aadhar-based payments. They al...
- Parliamentary panel raises concern over low MGNREGS wagesA parliamentary panel has criticized the low wages under MGNREGS, questioning the lack of inflation indexing and urging the rural developme...
- Wages under MGNREGA inadequate, says parliamentary panelThe Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, in a report tabled in Lok Sabha, pointed out the high range o...
- NREGA Sangharsh Morcha wants higher wages under scheme, more working days; writes to PM Modi“The COVID 19 pandemic continues to be a serious public health issue with devastating impact on the lives and livelihoods of workers, espec...
- Sonia Gandhi asks PM Modi to give 21 days' wages in advance to MGNREGA workersIn her letter to the prime minister, Gandhi said a large number of rural poor are without work and around 8 crore MGNREGA workers are devoi...
- Centre releases Rs 4431 crore to clear pending wages under MGNREGA, to pay all dues by April 10The government will clear all pending wages under the employment guarantee scheme amounting to Rs 11,499 crore by April 10, out of which Rs...
- MGNREGA focus on asset quality, skilling nowThe rural development ministry would earmark MGNREGA funds to help the most backward blocks in hiring specialised manpower on natural resou...
- Going by precedents, EC likely to clear revised MNREGA wage ratesThe sources in the poll panel on Tuesday said going by precedents and instructions issued issued in the past, the request is likely to be g...
- Government seeks EC approval to revise wage rates paid under MNREGAThe government in this year's Interim Budget had proposed to allocate Rs 60,000 crore for rural employment scheme under the MGNREGA for the...
- MGNREGA workers of Jharkhand block return Rs 5 wage hike to PM Narendra ModiThe minimum wage under centrally-sponsored MGNREGA in Jharkhand is Rs 162 and after the hike it stands at Rs 167.
- New MGNREGA wages leave states in a quandaryThe revised MGNREGA wages have left various state governments in a quandary as they apprehend the new rates would not be able to attract la...
- MGNREGA has not contributed to food inflation: ReportReserve Bank of India was among the first to blame the wage spiral caused by MGNREGA for rising food inflation, which has persisted for ove...
- Temporary labour shortage reported due to MGNREGA: GovernmentTemporary shortage of labour has been reported during the peak agriculture season because of the employment guarantee scheme under MGNREGA.
- Budget 2011: NREGA outlay likely to stay flat this yearThe forthcoming budget is unlikely to propose a steep hike in allocation of funds for the government's flagship rural welfare scheme despit...
- States to bear cost of aligning NREGA wages with minimum pay: MontekThe Planning Commission has said that states will have to bear the additional burden if the minimum wages notified by them are higher than ...
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